Charlesfield First as a Borders based company, is one of the sponsors of this highly regarded annual Book Festival. This year there were presentations by  Michael Parkinson, Tom Conti, Maureen Lipman and Rory Bremner amongst many notable others. Trevor Jackson said "Charlesfield First is very happy to be supporting this fantastic local event which brings in people from all over the country to hear and meet authors in the intimate venue of Harmony House in Melrose. This is the second year of our sponsorship and we are very pleased to support this important community event."